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ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, 

NAGPRA Program Manager, The 

University of Kansas, Office of Audit, 

Risk & Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk 

Boulevard, 351 Strong Hall, Lawrence, 

KS 66045, telephone (406) 850–2220, 

email t-torma@ku.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the University of 

Kansas. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. Additional information on 

the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the inventory or related 

records held by the University of Kansas 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 103 individuals were 

removed from Geary, Riley, 

Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, 

Jefferson, Douglas, Leavenworth, 

Johnson, and Wyandotte Counties, KS. 

These human remains were removed 

from the banks and gravel bars of the 

Kansas River by amateurs who collected 

paleontological resources and 

apparently did not recognize the 

remains as human. In 1991, in response 

to the passage of NAGPRA, the 

University conducted a review of this 

collection. During that review, one 

individual was identified and 

transferred to the campus’s Museum of 

Anthropology. In 1996, the University of 

Kansas conducted a review of the 

Natural History collection, and human 

remains of the additional individuals 

were transferred to the University’s 

Museum of Anthropology. In 2002, the 

Museum of Anthropology was closed, 

and, in 2006, the archaeology collection 

which included the human remains was 

transferred to the Biodiversity Institute. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

geographical, and historical. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of Kansas 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 103 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Nez Perce 

Tribe; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Omaha Tribe 

of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 

Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 

Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 

Mississippi in Iowa; The Osage Nation; 

and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes 

(Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), 

Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 4, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Kansas must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

University of Kansas is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26615 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037006; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the Department of the 

Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field 

Services in Kodiak Island Borough, AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the PMAE. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals, were 

collected at the Department of the 

Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field 

Services site in Kodiak Island Borough, 

AK. The human remains are hair 

clippings collected from one individual 

recorded as 49 years old and one 

individual recorded as 16 years old, 

who were identified as ‘‘Kodiak.’’ 

Michael F. MacLeod took the hair 

clippings at the Department of the 

Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field 

Services site between 1930 and 1933. 

MacLeod sent the hair clippings to 

George Woodbury, who donated the hair 


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clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: kinship and 

anthropological. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native 

Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Native 

Village of Afognak. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 4, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26611 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037002; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Florida, Florida Museum 

of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, and 

Florida Department of State, 

Tallahassee, FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Florida, Florida Museum 

of Natural History (FLMNH) and the 

Florida Department of State have 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and have determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Okaloosa County, 

FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Catherine Smith, University 

of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural 

History, 1659 Museum Road, 

Gainesville, FL 32611, telephone (352) 

273–1921, email smithcatherine@

floridamuseum.ufl.edu (primary contact 

for this notice) and Kathryn Miyar, 

Florida Department of State, 1001 

DeSoto Park Drive. Tallahassee, FL 

32301, telephone (850) 245–6319, email 

kathryn.miyar@dos.myflorida.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of FLMNH and the 

Florida Department of State. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by FLMNH and the Florida Department 

of State. 

Description 

Both FLMNH and the Florida 

Department of State are jointly 

submitting this notice to facilitate the 

rejoining of split ancestral remains and 

associated funerary objects. Human 

remains representing, at minimum, 25 

individuals (held across both 

institutions) were removed from 

Okaloosa County, FL. During the 1970s, 

several excavations were undertaken by 

the Fort Walton Indian Temple Mound 

Museum staff and volunteers. During 

1971 and1972, the Fort Walton Indian 

Temple Mound Museum volunteers 

intermittently excavated portions of the 

mound thought to have held structures 

(based on post hole remnants). In 1973, 

a 5’x5’ unit and two trenches were 

excavated by Lazarus and Fornaro, who 

supervised Fort Walton Indian Temple 

Mound Museum staff and volunteers. In 

1975–1976, Thanz supervised Fort 

Walton Indian Temple Mound Museum 

staff and volunteers excavating units 

using a coordinate system. FLMNH 

holds the remains of 22 ancestors listed 

in this notice (Accession ANTH 81–24) 

and the Florida Department of State 

holds the remains of three ancestors 

(Accession 1992.123). The 3,790 

associated funerary items (held across 

both institutions) include ceramics, a 

shell bead, charred plant remains, 

faunal remains (bones and shells), and 

lithics. FLMNH holds 3,711 associated 

funerary objects listed in this notice 

(Accession ANTH 2003–4) and the 

Florida Department of State holds 79 

associated funerary objects (Accession 

1992.123). 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

archeological, geographical, and 

historical. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, FLMNH and the Florida 

Department of State have determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 


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